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A music concert “Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems” jointly performed by iSING! Suzhou and the Philadelphia Orchestra was staged at Kimmel Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia on Jan. 6.

Another concert featuring Tang poetry was    1    (successful) held at the Lincoln Center in New York on Jan. 7. Fifteen iSING! Suzhou singers from 10 countries led by Liao Guomin performed songs    2    (write) by young composers from 6 countries. The songs included many well-known    3    (poem) from the Tang Dynasty, such    4    Luo Binwang’s Singing of Goose and Li Bai’s Quiet Thoughts by Night.

The iSING! Suzhou International Young Artists Festival    5    (set) up in Suzhou in 2014 as China’s first international vocal (声乐) art festival. Over    6     past eight years, the festival has attracted outstanding young singers from all over the world, spread    7    promoted Chinese and classical music, and enhanced cultural exchanges between China and the West, becoming a cultural card for Suzhou to go    8    (globe).

The performances were also held to commemorate(纪念) the    9     (fifty) anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s China tour in 1973. The Philadelphia Orchestra, as the first American orchestra    10    (visit) China, bridged the two nations in the field of culture.

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There is a day considered special by people     1     observe solar (太阳的) movement of the sun in many countries of the world. On its eve, in England, people go to Stonehenge     2     (welcome) the rise of the sun. In Latvia, people travel from the cities to the country- side to gather, eat and sing. Chinese people attach equal     3     (important) to this day,   known as the Summer Solstice (夏至), or xiazhi in Chinese.

It is the     4     (long) day of a year in terms of daylight. After the Summer Solstice, the subsolar point begins its moving south, and daytime     5     (gradual) shortens. Though people believe it is at the height of summer, xiazhi is not the hottest time of a year. After xiazhi, the temperature will continue to increase.

While in modern China, xiazhi is simply known as one of the solar     6     (term), in ancient times it was a major festival. In the Song Dynasty, the festival     7     (offer) officials a holiday of three days. A grand sacrificial (祭奠) ceremony was also held on the Summer Solstice during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

According to Guo Wenbin, a scholar of traditional culture, many customs from the ancient Summer Solstice festival     8     (be) now celebrated as part of events. “We often believe boat race was created     9     memory of Qu Yuan. But it is said that before the death of Qu, Chinese people had already had boat race as an event of Summer Solstice festival,” says Guo. Since the Summer Solstice is often a time when people harvest wheat,     10     is a tradition to eat noodles in many places.

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The Family Education Promotion Law came into force in China on Jan.1, 2022. It marks how to raise children has become the business of both parents and    1    country, which enables all parents to better carry out their responsibilities.

Parents are children’s first teachers. They    2    (think)to be the responsible party for the upbringing of children’s education at home. In order to finish their duties, parents need to follow    3    (science)methods. However, not all parents know how to best carry out family education. So the law will provide guidance    4    (enable)them to raise their children properly.

Parents are becoming    5    (stress)and anxious about their children’s education, with some of them applying too much pressure. In response    6    this problem, the new law makes it clear that the first importance of family education is to ensure the physical and mental health of children. The law also outlines advanced measures in detail to help parents improve the parent-child relationship, including spending more time with their children,    7    (give)full play to the roles of parents, respecting children’s character, and communicating with their children on an equal basis.

Education needs long-term efforts, and family education is no    8    (except). Authorities at all levels, families, schools, and the whole of society need to join their efforts to establish a family education system    9    parents play a major role with support from the state, schools, and social organizations. Finally, this will hopefully ensure and help children grow up    10    (healthy).

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I’m not good at sport... I can’t do maths... I really struggle with so many exams... Sound familiar     1     you? If you believe that you are unable to do something, it is     2    (like) that you won’t try. But what if you really could get better at maths, sport     3     any exams? In fact, what if you could be good at anything that you put your mind to?

You Are Awesome is a book that can help you do just that,     4     encourages young readers     5    (find) the confidence to realize their potential ability. It is     6     first children’s book written by the best-selling mindset author Matthew Syed from Times journalist. It uses lots of examples of successful people from Mozart to Serena Williams to show success really is earned rather than     7    (give), and that talent can be learned after birth. With hard work and     8    (determine), practice, self-belief, and most     9    (important), a growth mindset, there’s no reason that anyone can’t achieve anything.

    10    (be) practical, useful and positive is what the book wants to tell children. And the book wants to help children build confidence, embrace(拥抱) their mistakes and grow into successful and happy adults.

5 . Although reading English news every day will take up some of my time, I feel that it will be________(benefit) to improving my English. (所给词的适当形式填空）

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Recently, in an attempt to handle a “masculinity crisis (男性气质危机),” the Education Ministry    1    (propose) stressing the “spirit of yang,” by hiring more sports teachers and     2    (redesign) physical education classes in elementary and secondary schools.

Some social media users expressed support for the proposal, with one writing, “It’s hard     3    (imagine) such effeminate (阴柔) boys can defend their country when an outside invasion (侵略) comes.” But others saw evidence of sexual discrimination and the     4     (fix) impression of gender stereotypes.

CCTV, the state broadcaster, wrote on its Weibo account Saturday: “Education is not simply about cultivating ‘men’ and ‘women.’ It’s more important to develop a    5    (willing) to take responsibility.” The broadcaster also offered a loose description of “yang”, “Men show ‘the spirit of yang’ in bearing, spirit and physique,     6     is a kind of beauty, but ‘the spirit of yang’ does not simply mean ‘masculine behavior.’”

While the Education Ministry’s new plan did not    7    (evidence) propose different treatment for boys and girls, educators like Liu Wenli,     8     expert in health at Beijing Normal University see some threats. Ms. Liu said that even the reference    9    “effeminate male youths” could lead to more bullying (欺凌) of students because of    10    (they) womanlike expression and identity .